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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:115%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">MIA</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> is
seeking proposals from scholars wishing to guest edit a Feature Topic for
publication in the journal.  <span></span></span></p>

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Topics make a significant contribution to international scholarship on
important questions that advance our knowledge of media and communication.
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editors have responsibility for sourcing through a public call for papers,
curating, and arranging anonymous peer review of papers to generate a coherent
set of articles on the specific topic. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>

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require a 2-page proposal to the <i>MIA</i> board with: <span></span></span></p>

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experience <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:left;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" align="left"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- A summary of the topic’s theme, and any inherent arguments the
collection seeks to make <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:left;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" align="left"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- A brief argument as to the benefit and timeliness of publishing on
this theme <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:left;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" align="left"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- A brief argument as to the theme’s alignment with the overall aims and
scope of <i>MIA</i> <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:left;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" align="left"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- An indicative list of referees — 6-8 people you expect to approach to
do 2-3 reviews each <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:left;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" align="left"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">For full Feature Topic proposal guidelines, contact Diana Bossio </span><a href="mailto:dbossio@swin.edu.au" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">dbossio@swin.edu.au</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>





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